{"id":8272,"date":"2026-10-07T14:45:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=8272"},"modified":"2026-10-07T14:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:45:30","slug":"google-meta-biohub-investment-virtual-cell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=8272","title":{"rendered":"Google invests millions in Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s efforts to create a \u2018virtual cell\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Google DeepMind, Meta, and AI drug discovery startup Isomorphic Labs are jointly investing $300 million into Biohub, the nonprofit biomedical research organization founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/healthcare-pharmaceuticals\/us-government-google-join-zuckerberg-backed-biohub-18-billion-push-ai-biology-2026-10-07\/\">reported by <em>Reuters<\/em><\/a>. The funding is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/biohub.org\/news\/virtual-biology-initiative-expansion\/\">a $1.8 billion initiative<\/a> to build AI datasets that could allow researchers to \u201cask, predict, and answer biological questions digitally,\u201d helping find new ways to prevent and manage diseases.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cAn accurate predictive model of biology could dramatically accelerate scientific discovery by enabling scientists to perform experiments digitally,\u201d Alex Rives, Biohub\u2019s head of science, says in the press release. \u201cThe creation of a virtual cell is one of the most important challenges for the next era of science. It will require coordinated data generation efforts at a national and international scale, which is why these partners are coming together.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/1006766\/google-meta-biohub-investment-virtual-cell\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google DeepMind, Meta, and AI drug discovery startup Isomorphic Labs are jointly investing $300 million into Biohub, the nonprofit biomedical research organization founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, as reported by Reuters. 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